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Rescuers try to reach sailors as an explosion and fire on two ships in the Black Sea kill at least 11. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S31Nas

The planned release of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir on medical grounds is reviewed amid Australian unease. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2W8Czqs

As nominations day looms, we take a look at who and what could be the main talking points. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DrcFap

A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2U7m0t8

At least 20 people are killed as militants detonate a car bomb in central Afghanistan, officials say. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FLAKdv

Kamala Harris, who previously served as an attorney general, says she is "very excited" about running. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2U4sMzS

Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets to continue his superb run in Melbourne and reach the Australian Open semi-finals. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T7ZxvV

Jazz musician Musa Manzini was kept awake for part of his surgery to have a tumour removed. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HoIa8J

Bodycam footage released by Florida police shows the two-year-old with her hands raised for officers. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Hm6Tuj

Jacinda Ardern says it's tough juggling her roles but hearing her baby giggle can put things in perspective. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2T5nkNf

Jockey Mikey Sweeney on Ask Heather almost falls off but makes an "incredible recovery" then goes on to win the race. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2R3tr2J

US students describe presidential hopeful Senator Kamala Harris in three words. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2R8uheM

Filmmakers say the Supreme Court justice deserves to be "immortalised in Lego". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RYeoMg

Homeowner Alla Wagner has launched a "write a letter, win a house" competition for her Alberta home. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2szwaXY

Climate change could make South Korea a banana producer. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DoL757

A German charity event in Bremen is criticised for refusing to invite a female mayor. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RDjGgN

Nahín, 17, left her home in Honduras with a migrant caravan headed for the US but turned back in Mexico. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RTe9Cj

Peppa Pig may be doing more for Brand Britain and soft power than many other British exports. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2FPXPf9

How one family stayed alive while shipwrecked and adrift on the Pacific Ocean. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CFEXMq

Microgravity is ideal for making a range of materials, but will space manufacture ever be cost effective? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2R3CXmy

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German Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Tuesday she was disappointed by British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to break a deadlock over Brexit and suggested Britain hold a second referendum. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ATJ1IY

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2FGSHuf

Britain is still working on what to ask from the European Union to allay lawmaker concerns over the backup plan that aims to prevent a hard border on Ireland, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2T5vkh5

The United States will proceed with the formal extradition from Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Canada's ambassador to the United States told the Globe and Mail, in a move certain to ratchet up tensions with China. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AWDdOR

China said on Tuesday that the United States and Canada had abused their extradition agreement in the case of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, after Canada's ambassador to the United States said it would proceed with formal extradition. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AWsxj8

Turkey is planning to launch an international investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take further steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by state-owned media. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2T5vk0z

Gabriel Diaz de Tudanca is a 19-year-old Spaniard who, although born a girl, identified as male from early childhood. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AXqJGS

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit on Monday by proposing to seek further concessions from the European Union on a plan to prevent customs checks on the Irish border. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AXOMVZ

China has pledged 4 billion yuan ($588 million) in aid to Cambodia from 2019 to 2021, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday, highlighting strong ties between Beijing and Phnom Penh amid a European Union threat of trade sanctions. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W9BI95

The death toll from a fire on board two ships in the Kerch Strait near Crimea has risen to 14, TASS news agency cited a source in Russia's emergency services as saying. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2U5ZW2c

Police in Macau and mainland China detained 39 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan ($4.42 billion), as China steps up measures to reduce economic risks and clamp down on illicit capital outflows. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MoFUx7

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday that misconduct by security forces reacting to protests over fuel price hikes would be investigated, but he added the increases were the right thing to do. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2FFwjl7